Fast RC Cars

[JJMatrixx]

Looking to get my son an RC car for his birthday. We were at the beach last summer and a guy had ones that was small and shot about like a gnat....should have asked him what it was.

Anyway, looking for something similar and fast. I'm thinking £100-120. Ideally more for offroad, paddocks, fields, beaches.

Anyone got any ideas?

[mike9009]

We bought my 8 year old one of these at Christmas with extra batteries. It is below your budget but he loves it, until the battery runs out. We use it on the beach, grass, gravel etc. Seems quite robust, but the battery connections loosened causing some intermittent running.... But helping son diagnose the issue was part of the fun.... (Plus taught him a lesson not to run it flat out into a kerb)

You might want something else with your increased budget though....

https://ftx-rc.com/index.php?_route_=ftx-comet-12t...

[JJMatrixx]

mike9009 said:

We bought my 8 year old one of these at Christmas with extra batteries. It is below your budget but he loves it, until the battery runs out. We use it on the beach, grass, gravel etc. Seems quite robust, but the battery connections loosened causing some intermittent running.... But helping son diagnose the issue was part of the fun.... (Plus taught him a lesson not to run it flat out into a kerb)

You might want something else with your increased budget though....

https://ftx-rc.com/index.php?_route_=ftx-comet-12t...

Looks smart - says out of stock though.

I think I've left this too late to get value for money as ordering direct from China halves the price. Lesson learned.

I've ordered this in the meantime...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N499853/ref...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtf7Mr-N-pY

Small but looks fun. Will see how long before he breaks it

On Prime so if anyone has another other suggestions then I can easily return it.

[sgrimshaw]

You'd be better off asking in here

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&...

[Crafty_]

Provided it has (or you can add) a lipo battery and a brushless motor it'll go like a scalded cat.

[T5SOR]

I can second the “scalded cat”. Having grown up with petrol RC cars, I am very impressed with my FTX Vantage. LiPO and brushless has great acceleration and even through bumpy fields!

My oldest (7) is getting used to it and seems a good solid starter car.

The beauty of these is you can just swap the battery over and increase the power. I’m waiting for a 6000MAH 2S2P 35C in the post

[C.A.R.]

Careful running anything on the beach. As tempting as it is, the sand will get everywhere, even on cars with supposed 'sealed' gearboxes. Once it's in there it grinds away at everything and sticks to the grease on the gears, quickly knackering lots of parts simultaneously! It can also gum up bearings too.

T5SOR said:

The beauty of these is you can just swap the battery over and increase the power. I’m waiting for a 6000MAH 2S2P 35C in the post

35C is pretty tame, 6000mAh should last a long time though. I'm always sceptical of the numbers stated on these lipos, I picked up a 4200 2S lipo from my local shop for £30, but it's rated at 100C. More current than the motor could pull if it wanted to!

[The_Jackal]

Remember more time is spent maintaining RCs cars than running them especially if you run on a beach.
Plus a Nimh or lipo will last so much longer than the good old nicad batteries.
I personally would have a few 2-3000mah batteries rather than one large heavy one. Plus if one battery dies you still have a few left.